Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-06
Mining Intelligence.

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The Calico Print has the following
items of much interest: Bahten & Ed
wards are making arrangements to apply
for patents to their mines, the Harmo.
nial No. and the Zephyr. The Har-
monial No. mine adjoius the Waterloo
on the west through which a tunnel is
now being driven so as to give the latter
mine convenient outlet. 1t will be
necessary for the Oro Grande Company
to purchase the Harmenial No. in or.
der to conduct the ore of the Waterloo
to the fat below, where the buildings of
the company are located, and where
teams can conveniently receive the ore.
Negotiations are pending for the pur-
chase of this mine by the company,
but should the company fail TO secure
the mine by refusing to give the
amount asked for it the company
would be compelled to erect hosting
wol ks on theS top of the Waterloo,
where tho facilities for waste dumps are
small, and road would have to be built
a mile further around and up the hill to
enable the teams to reach the ore
dumps. Water can be conveyed to the
mouth of the Harmonial No. l tunnel
by pipes from the tanks of the Calico
w ater Works Company, but not to the
point where the hosting works would
be built. The purchase of the Harmo.
nial No. mine would probably save the
Orc Grande company $40, 600 or $50, 600
year in expenses. These facts make
the property OF Bahten & Edwards very
valuable aside from its intrinsic value as
an ore producer. The Zephyr adjoins
The Waterloo on the north and is val
liable fractional claim ON account of the
main ledge running through it, ana in
all probability will be purchased by the
company also.
The superintendent of the work of
grading the foundation to the new sixty.
stamp mill has difficult time keeping
bis laborers. The wages paid is 81 50
per day. and only miners who are dead
broke will work for such wages, and
then only few days. Some of thoss
who have quit work complain that the
food at the company's boarding-house is
not satisfactory for the wants of work.
ingman. Last Monday there were three
or four miners left out of the thirty EN-,
ployed. SO the superin tendent sent to
San Bernardino for farm hands, who
are more accustomed to work for low
wages than miners are.
The Blackfoot mines have again been
leased to chloriders who are meeting
with success in mining. This mine has
yielded many thousands of dollars to
chloriders, and the company owning it.
and for while it was thought all the
rich pockets had been exhausted, but
recent developments show that such was
not the case.
The force Of men employed by j. S.
Doe 4 Co. has been considerably in
creased and now consists of ninety men,
including those working at the mill
Some of the mines Uf the company are
veritable bonapzas and for several years
have been turning out large and steady
output of bullion.
Harry Kirk and Thomas Boyd have
lease on tho Thunderer adjoining the
Garfield, and are taking out some very
rich ore from disintegrated formation
on the surface lying between the boul-
ders.
Ten tons of ore were shipped to the
Selby Smelling Works of San Fran.
cisco from the Cleveland mine, the other
day.
The rich ore recently struck on the
Juanita by Argall & Pluth, still holds
out.
Bob Greer and Jas. Blair recently Sc
cured lease on the Homestake mine,
owned by VIM. Reed and John Reed.
This mine lies between the Kearsarge
and Silver Odessa, and has already a
6O.foot shaft and a l0O.foot tunnel
worked on the same. The ore being OF
low grade was discontinued by the
Reed Bros. But Greer & Blair were |
fortunate enough to strike it rich from
the "grass roots" They are now tax
ing out some fine ore and are much |
pleased with the prospect. 1t will not |
take many tons of the ore they now |
have on the dump 10 give them each |
handsome stake.
N. Nelson and Joe Sutton have struck |
a rich pocket on the Bismarck, which is |
panning out $40 day. Nickeless & |
NARROW, and several other chloriders |
are still doing well on this old mine,
which has yielded many thousands of |
dollars to the companies and chloriders |
who have worked it. There seems to |
be no limit to the ore. No great depth |
has been attained, and the surface of |
tho mine LOOKS like quarry, still it is
likely yet to developo into a bonanza;
if it does it will be due to the pluck and |
perseverance of the chloriders.
Col. E. Birch and Geo. TAFT recently
obtained a lease on the Pinto near the |
Comet, and commenced to take out
ore from the first stroke of the pick. |
They have good prospect. Henry
Meyers is also taking out considerable
good ore on the same nine from one of
the tunnels. Considerable work has
been done on this mine with results
that warrant the belief that it will de-
velop into a permanent and profitable
IN ne.
The Comet mine is still proving a reg
ular bonanza to the chloriders working
on it. Whitten, Boyle, Cocorsn ard
others have realized handsome divid ends
from their labors, and still are taking
out considerable rich ore. A $50 foot
tunnel is being started to tap the
main shaft at depth of 10 feet. The
prospects of this mine warrant belief
that it will develop into regular mine
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